Meislahn v. Meislahn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Albert Meislahn and another, as executors, etc., of Albert Meislahn, deceased, from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs in each of the above-entitled actions, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 5th day of May, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term. The three actions were tried at the same term.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
Augusta A. Meislahn’s action is brought against executors to obtain ten pass books in their possession, representing'$26,000 of deposits *567in ten savings banks of the city of Hew York, on the ground that the books represent moneys deposited by defendants’ testator in trust for the plaintiff. The depositor, the father of the plaintiff, died in 1899, seized of realty of value in excess of $100,000, and possessed of personalty valued at $189,000. His will, in effect, divided this property equally among his children, three sons and two married daughters, beside this plaintiff, his…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cunningham v. . DavenportNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Stokes v. . StokesNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Willis v. . SmythNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Decker v. Union Dime Savings InstitutionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Rix v. HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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